{"id":30537,"date":"2020-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/reports\/submission-to-43rd-session-of-the-united-nations-human-rights-council-4548\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T19:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T18:33:15","slug":"submission-to-43rd-session-of-the-united-nations-human-rights-council-4548","status":"publish","type":"reports","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/reports\/submission-to-43rd-session-of-the-united-nations-human-rights-council-4548\/","title":{"rendered":"Submission to 43rd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/a156ee76c7b885ee995f5a5cce58aea0.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CSW (Christian Solidarity Worldwide) is a human rights NGO specialising in the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This submission seeks to draw the Council\u2019s attention to emblematic cases which demonstrate a sustained pattern of systematic abuse of FoRB by the government of the Republic of Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, CSW received 260 documented violations of FoRB, compared to 151 in 2018.1 Recorded violations include harassment of religious leaders; arbitrary detention; discrimination; confiscation of religious property; forced closure of churches; restrictions on travel, movement and the distribution of religious materials; and prevention from attending religious services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/hrc43---cuba-forb-written-statement---04.02.2020.pdf\">Click here to read the full submission (PDF)<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This submission seeks to draw the Councils attention to emblematic cases which demonstrate a sustained pattern of systematic abuse of FoRB by the government of the Republic of Cuba.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":44532,"template":"","categories":[],"regions":[140,137],"class_list":["post-30537","reports","type-reports","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-cuba","regions-latin-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/30537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reports"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/30537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36151,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reports\/30537\/revisions\/36151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30537"},{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=30537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}